REP. DAVE MIN

As a first-generation, Korean American, Dave Min wants his kids to grow up in the same California that attracted his parents and so many immigrants like them to come plant roots—where everyone has a fair shot at the American Dream, where women have autonomy over their own bodies, we prioritize our environment and the safety of our children, and where we maintain the spirit of openness and innovation that makes America so special.

Dave learned the importance of hard work, education and economic opportunity from his parents. They came to this country from Korea in 1971 for their graduate studies, and ended up settling down in California to raise Dave and his younger brother. His mom and dad grew up in the aftermath of the Korean War, and like most Koreans from that era, respected and admired the 36,000 American GI’s who had given their lives to help protect and then rebuild South Korea. Like many Koreans from that era, his dad still has an occasional (OK, frequent) hankering for Spam, which was given out by Americans to struggling Korean families in the aftermath of the war. 

Before returning to the Golden State to work as a business law professor at UC Irvine School of Law, Dave cracked down on corporate greed as an enforcement attorney at the Securities and Exchange Commission, served as economic and financial policy advisor to Senator Chuck Schumer, and directed economic policy at the Center for American Progress. 

Dave met my wife Jane while attending Harvard Law School. Jane teaches Family Law and runs the Domestic Violence Clinic, also at UCI Law. She is the founder and director of UC Irvine’s Initiative to End Family Violence, a signature initiative of the university working to find better solutions to the terrible and unfortunately all too common problem of domestic abuse and violence. She’s been a thought leader in her field, and with her partnership, we’ve been able to pass 8 leading bills to protect survivors of domestic violence.

Dave and Jane are grateful to be raising their three young children in Irvine. They love Orange County’s vibrance, diversity, and neighborliness. To Jane and Dave, CA-47 represents the very best of California – and America.